Leonard white and ichabod jewett white



UNITED STATES PATET OFFIC.

LEONARD WHITE AND IGHABOD JEWET'I WHITE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SKATE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,116, dated July 10, 1860;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEONARD WHITE and IoHABoD JEWETT WHITE, of the cityof Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in the Construction of Skates; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and theletters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1, is alongitudinal section and Fig. 2, is a side elevation of our improvedskeleton skate runner.

Our improvement relates to the construction and manner of fastening askeleton skate runner to its wood.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention wewill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Letters of like name and kind referto like parts in each of the figures.

The skate runner, A, is made of wrought iron and tempered steel, that isto say, the main portion of the skate runner is made of wrought iron andits lower, or running face is laid with tempered steel. The front end ofthe runner (marked B) is made much wider than the middle portionsthereof, so as to form an open mortise C, and projecting prong D, andshoulder E. This peculiarity in the construction of the frontend of therunner gives it a strong and secure hold upon the wood part of theskate, and dispenses with the long circular extension which is common toskates of ordinary construction, and makes a more permanent and handsomeconnection between the two parts than has heretofore been attained.

Near the rear end of the runner is a stud F, made solid with the runner.From this stud is a projecting nib or hook G. In connection with thishook is a combination screw lock and heel spur I-I. The nib or hook Genters the lock part L, and the screw passes up through the skate wood,and suiciently above it to screw into the boot heel. A nut J, works onthis screw, and when turned down tightly, will securely hold the runnerto the wood.

I, represents the skate wood, having a projecting tenon L, which tenonfits into the mortise C, while the prong D, penetrates the woodtheshoulder E, also having a bearing in the wood.

M, represents a socket plate of brass or other metal which is made fastto the skate wood, through which the stud F passes into the wood.

N represents a similar plate into or through which a portion of therunner below the mortise C, enters.

O, and I), represent mortises through the skate wood for the receptionof straps for fastening the skate to the foot.

To attach the runner to the wood, let the screw lock I-I, hang looselyin the wood; then pass the prong D, into the wood, and the tenon L, intothe mortise C, and t-he hook Gr into the lock 71, then turn down the nutJ, tightly upon the wood, and the runner will be securely fastened tothe wood, while a clear space is left between the central portion of therunner and the wood.

A skate constructed as herein described is neat, cheap, strong anddurable and better adapted to the purposes designed than any skateheretofore constructed within our knowledge.

Ve do not claim broadly, a skeleton skate runner; neither do we claimbroadly a stud or knee, made solid thereto; but

IVe claim- The hook Gr, projecting from the stud F, of a skeleton skaterunner, in combination with the screw lock I-I, for the purposes andsubstantially as herein set forth.

LEONARD WHITE. ICHABOD JEWETT WHITE.

Witnesses:

A. M. WHEELER, W. H. FoRBUsH.

